Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention, to gain understanding.
Be assembled and listen, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.
Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.
to acquire wisdom and discipline, to understand the words of insight,
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Listen to advice and accept instruction, so that in the end you may be wise.
Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Incline your ear to my insight,
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your relative.
So we obeyed the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters,
For this reason it is necessary for us to pay especially close attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.